Match-machine.



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MATCH MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED JAILIS, 1911.

COLUMBIA PLANnoiumn c c Patented Jan. 28, 1913.

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P. C. FORRBSTER.

MATCH MACHINE. APILIGATION FILED JANJG, 1911.

Patented Jan. 28, 1913.

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COLUMBIA PMNOQRA'N C0-- WASHINGTON, D C.

P. O. FORRESTER.

MATCH MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED June, 1911.

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Patented Jan. 28, 1913.

PETER CORNELIUS FORE/ESTER, 0F STEILACOOM, WASHINGTON.

MATCH-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28,1913.

Application filed January 16, 1911. Serial No. 602,777.

To alt ID/0772 it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER C. F onnns'rnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stcilacoom, in the county of Pierce and State of WVash'ington, have invented a cer tain new and useful Improvement in Match- Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in match making machines and is illustrated diagrammatically in one form in the accon'ipanying drawings, wherein;

Figure 1 is a rear elevation; F ig. 2, a plan view, in part section along the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 8, a section along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. l, a section along the line s lof Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a side elevation of veneer case with parts broken away; Fig. (3, a front elevation of veneer case; Fig. 7, a side elevation of the splint case in part section; Fig. 8, a front elevation of the splint case; Fig. 9, a perspective view of a veneer strip.

Like parts are indicated by like letters throughout the several figures.

The frame A supports the bearings r 1 in which rotate the shaft- A driven by the pulley A. and carrying at either end the crank disks A The connecting rods A are carried by the disks A. and drive the vertical} reciprocating knife bars 1 which carry the knives A The knives A which are in the plane of the knife bars A and project outwardly on either side thereof, are provided with the two beveled cutting edges A and the projecting lugs A which are located 0n the side of the blade near either end thereof and the projecting lugs A which are located on the same side of the blade and at either side of the knife bar and may have surfaces in continuation with said beveled edges.

The anvil block B is located in the plane of the knife bars and is provided with the vertical slot B so shaped as to permit the passage of the knife, and provided with the parallel horizontal slots B at right angles with the motion of the knife. The Veneer cases C which are made up of the rigid, grooved, spaced side plates C the rigid bottom plate G and the perforated end plate C are rigidly held upon the frame A in opposition to the anvil block B in snch manner that the slots 0* in the side plates C register with the slots B The false end C is slidably held within the case C in a plane parallel with the plane of the knife bars A. The splint cases D which are made up of the rigid top D bottom D and end I) contain the spaced, flexible parallel spring loop fingers D supported in the end I) and are rigidly held on the frame A in opposition to the anvil block B in such manner that the spaces between the fingers D register with the horizontal slots B in the anvil block B. The lead screw E is rotatably mounted on the frame A and carries at one end the driving head or disk E which has the four outwardly projecting fingers E in opposition to the spring held pawls It, E", which are carried respectively on the arms E, E on the cross bar E which in turn is mounted on the knife bars A. The split nut E is in opposition to the lead screw E and carries the cross bars E riding on the guides E and carrying the rigid, horizontal plungers E which are adapted to enter the perforations in the back of the veneer case and engage the false end C The veneer strips F are located within the veneer case, each being carried in one of the slots and the match splints are held within the splint case between the adjacent spring loop fingers D.

It will be evident that while I have shown in my drawing an operative device, still numerous changes might be made in size, shape and arrangement of the parts, parts might be omitted or other parts substituted or both, changes in proportions or in arrangements might be made without departing materially from the spirit of my inven- .ion, and I wish therefore, that my drawings be regarded as in a sense diagrammatic.

The use and operation of my invent-ion are as follows: The veneer cases are first filled with flat veneer strips of the thickness equal to the thickness of the match and the width equal to the length of the match, one veneer strip being placed in each slot of the veneer" case. The veneer cases are then placed on a machine in opposition to the anvil block.

The plungers are brought up into engage ment with the false end, the split nut is clamped about the lead screw and the machine is started. The knife reciprocates back and forth in a direction perpendicular to the veneer strips. Starting in the position shown in Fig. 1 the knives will descend and the upper pawl will catch one of the fingers on the driving head of the lead screw at the end of its descent, and give it a quaress may ter turn. When the knife starts back, the lower pawl will catch a finger on the other side and give it a quarter turn. Thus for every single reciprocation of the knife, the lead screw gets a quarter turn and this turning effect takes place after the knife has passed out of the anvil block. The lead screw maybe so designed that this quarter turn is sufficient to force the split nut forward carrying with it the false ends and veneers a distance equal to the width of the match. This process continues until the veneer has been forced through the anvil block and enters the plane of the knife. The knife will then, with every reciprocation cut off a splint from the end of each of the veneer strips, this splint being the desired thickness of the match. The lugs on the side of the knife blade will force the match splint into the other side of the anvil block and the next movement of the knife will out another splint and force it in, thus forcing a second splint into the anvil block and forcing the first one farther along. This process will continue until the veneer strips have been entirely cut up into match splints and until the movement of the lugs on the knife blade has forced all the match splints into the splint cases, which have meanwhile been placed in opposition to the anvil block in such manner that the square match splints are forced from the block into the space between the spring fingers. The empty veneer cases and the loaded splint cases may then be removed and have substituted for them loaded veneer cases and empty splint cases, and this proccontinue without interruption of the operation of the machine. It will thus be seen that the knife or cutting means for slicing off the splints from the end of the veneer also acts to force the splints into the splint cases. It will also be seen that the movement of the wood from the time it enters the machine as a veneer in the veneer case until it leaves it as a splint in the splint case is in the same direction, that I provide one device for both cutting ofi the splints and loading the splint cases. It will be observed also that one stroke of the knife operates to cut off a splint from each of a large number of veneer cases and that the number of matches which may be produced by one stroke of the knife is limited only by the number of veneer strips which may be placed in the path of the moving knife. It will moreover be observed that I provide means for turning the lead screw to advance the veneers, this means being operative only after the knife has passed through the cutting zone and before it returns to it. The result of this arrangement is that there is no mutilation of the splints and that the splints are all of the same thickness and there is no binding of the knife,

owing to the movement of the veneers while the splints are being out.

In my specification and claims, I have used the term splint cases. It will be understood that by this term I mean what are usually called splint dipping frames or trays. I prefer, however, to use the shorter term since it will instantly be obvious that this term is adequately descriptive of these devices, and it will be understood that these splint cases are so disposed with relation to the shear block that the cut splints are fed from the block into this splint case in such number as to ultimately fill the splint case, whereupon the case may be removed from the machine, the match splints staggered and then dipped in anv suitable mahflfll' I claim 1. In a match-making machine a splint case comprising a frame member and fingers projecting therefrom and substantially parallel to each other and free at their outer ends to admit of the entrance of the splints sidewise between them and projecting out from the frame a suificient distance to accommodate a row of splints arranged side by side.

2. In a match-making machine a splint case comprising a frame member with a series of projecting fingers of unequal diameter and arranged so that their long diameters lie in a series of parallel planes separated from each other by a distance sub stantially equal to the diameter of the splint, said fingers free at their outer ends to permit the introduction of the splints sidewise between them and projecting out from the frame a sufficient distance to accommodate a row of splints arranged side by side.

3. In a match-making machine a splint case comprising a frame member and loop fingers projecting therefrom at a substantially equal distance from each other and free at their outer ends to permit the introduction of the splints sidewise between them and projecting out from the frame a sufficient distance to accommodate a row of splints arranged side by side, both arms of each loop being located in a plane parallel with the plane containing the arms of each other loop.

4t. In a match-making machine a veneer case comprising side members with opposed parallel grooves in which the veneers can be supported in a separated condition and a plunger adapted to pass between such grooves and means for pressing same forward to force the veneers along the grooves, a block with chambers parallel with and in alinement with the grooves to receive the veneers and slotted atright angles thereto, a cutting knife and means for operating same through the slot and a splint case on the opposite side of the block comprising a series of fingers in alinement with the veneer slots their ends supported in proximity to the block so that the splints can be driven thereinto sidewise.

5. In a match-making machine comprising a perforated shear block, said perforations horizontally disposed, a knife and means for horizontally reciprocating said knife perpendicular to said slots, a removable splint case having splint holding means in register with said perforations.

6. In a match-making machine comprising a perforated shear block, said perforations horizontally disposed, a knife and means for horizontally reciprocating said knife perpendicular to said slots, a veneer case containing veneer strips and a splint case having splint holding means in register with the said perforations.

7. In a match-making machine comprising a perforated shear block, said perforations horizontally disposed, a knife and means for horizontally reciprocating said knife perpendicular to said slots, a veneer case containing veneer strips and a splint case having splint holding means in register with the said perforations, means for feeding veneer strips from the cases through the perforations in the anvil block.

8. In a matchmaking machine comprising a perforated shear block, said perforations horizontally disposed, a knife and means for horizontally reciprocating said knife perpendicular to said slots, a veneer case containing veneer strips and a splint case having splint holding means in register with the said perforations, means for feeding veneer strips from the .cases through the perforations in the anvil block, said means responsive to the motion of the knife.

9. In a match-making machine comprising a perforated shear block, said perforations horizontally disposed, a knife and means for horizontally reciprocating said knife perpendicular to said slots, a veneer case containing veneer strips and a splint case having splint holding means in register with the said perforations, means for feeding veneer strips from the cases through the perforations in the anvil block, said means responsive to the motion of the knife and operative only when the knife has progressed beyond the anvil block.

10. A match-making machine comprising a perforated shear block having horizontally disposed perforations, a knife, and means for horizontally reciprocating said knife perpendicular to said perforations, a veneer case containing veneer strips and a splint case having splint holding means in register with the said perforations and means for feeding splints from the anvil block into the splint cases.

11. A match-making machine comprising a perforated shear block having horizontally disposed perforations, a knife, means for horizontally reciprocating said knife perpendicular to said perforations, a veneer case containing veneer strips and a splint case having splint holding means in register with the said perforations and means for feeding veneer strips to the anvil block and means for feeding splints from the block to the splint cases.

12. A match-linking machine comprising a channel block to receive the veneers, means for feeding the veneers through such channel, a transversely operating knife to cut the splints from the veneers, a splint case in proximity to the block with splint receiving fingers and means carried by the knife for successively feeding forward the severed splints between the fingers of the splint case and packing them in parallel rows in the splint case.

13. A match-'inaking machine comprising a channel block to receive the veneers, means for feeding the veneers through such channel, a transversely operating knife to cut the splints from the veneers, a splint case in proximity to the block with splint receiving fingers and means associated with the knife for successively feeding forward the severed splints between the fingers of the splint case, said block provided with a transverse channel in which the knife operates.

14:. In a match-making machine a slotted shear block, a knife reciprocating through said block at right angles to said slots, a removable spliint case in opposition to said block and means directly responsive to the movement of the knife for forcing splints from said anvil block into said splint case.

15. In a match-making machine a slotted shear block, a knife reciprocating through said block at right angles to said slots, a removable splint case in opposition to said block and means directly responsive to the movement of the knife for forcing splints from said anvil block into said splint case, and means comprising a veneer case for feeding veneers through the slots in said anvil block to the knife.

PETER CORNELIUS FORRESTER.

Witnesses:

FnANoIs WV. PARKER, Jr., MINNIE M. LiNnnNAU.

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